Relier Pairs Science 6B L9Version en ligne Review Key terms par Tawun Jack Gregory 1 ice age: 2 climate: 3 desert: 4 topography: 5 microclimate: 6 rain shadow: 7 biome: 8 tropical climate: 9 hibernation: 10 continental climate: 11 adaptation 12 temperate climate: 13 interglacial: 14 El Niño: local climate that differs from the major climate type of the region where it is located a warm period that occurs between ice ages physical features like mountains and lakes of an area average weather of a place over many years area that receives very little precipitation because of a nearby mountain range period when Earth’s temperatures are cooler than normal and glaciers spread to lower latitudes than usual any structure or behavior that helps an organism survive in its environment climate with mild/moderate temperatures major climate type and the organisms that live there climate found near the equator that has warm temperatures year-round state when an animal’s temperature drops and body processes slow in order to save energy naturally occurring, short-term worldwide climate change that occurs when the Pacific Ocean is warmer than usual climate that has varying temperatures (hot summer/cold winters) and may be dry because it is inland and not affected by an ocean very dry climate that receives less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation each year